cyaneas

Updated: May 14, 2025

There, summer after summer, he pursued his researches on the medusae; from the smaller and more exquisite kinds, such as the Pleurobrachyias, Idyias, and Bolinas, to the massive Cyaneas, with their large disks and heavy tentacles, many yards in length. Nothing can be prettier than the smaller kinds of jellyfishes.

Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz - Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence